AU - S, N AU - Alizadeh, A AU - Mosa nejad, S TI - Effect of Weather Factors on Sporulation of Rice Blast Disease Causal Agent in Guilan Province PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - JCPP JN - JCPP VO - 13 VI - 48 IP - 48 4099 - http://jcpp.iut.ac.ir/article-1-1009-en.html 4100 - http://jcpp.iut.ac.ir/article-1-1009-en.pdf SO - JCPP 48 ABĀ  - A comprehensive study is underway now to determine the predicting factors of rice blast and its loss assessment in Guilan province. In a preliminary study, the effect of climatic factors on spores population and forecasting the disease were considered. So, during cultivation season of 2006 and 2007, some fields were chosen five kilometers away from weather stations in three regions of Guilan, including, Rasht, Lahijan and Anzali, and the daily spore population was measured on slides. Climatic data including precipitation (mm), maximum and minimum daily temperature, maximum and minimum daily humidity and sunny hours were obtained from weather stations. Then the relation between spore population and weather data was analyzed, and the most important climatic factors affecting spore population and predicting of rice blast were determined. It was concluded that climatic factors such as precipitation (mm), maximum daily temperature, minimum daily humidity and sunny hours are the most important factors for predicting rice blast in Guilan province. Spore population was positively correlated with precipitation, increase of daily minimum humidity, decrease of daily maximum temperature and decrease of sunny hours. The blast disease occurred in the fields during next 7 to10 days. CP - IRAN IN - LG - eng PB - JCPP PG - 315 PT - Research YR - 2009